Mary Velez, 61, of the Juniata section of the city, voted for Donald Trump in 2016, but she’s been an Eagles fan since she was 5 years old, she said.
Wearing a T-shirt with “Philly Underdogs. No one likes us! We don’t care!” printed on the front, Velez was among about 30 people who gathered late Tuesday afternoon at City Hall to show their support for the Super Bowl champions, who on Monday were disinvited by the president from a White House celebration of the team’s victory.
“I think we deserve so much more respect than we actually get,” Velez said of the people of Philadelphia.